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FEATURE
Educational
Somersaults and
SNOW DAYS
in a
COVID World
S
chools are always evolving, but over the past year and a half,
during the pandemic, they have had to scramble in order to
provide the best and safest education possible, under very
difficult circumstances.
The road hasn't been easy, but schools have been working hard
to create protocols and procedures that will be most beneficial
for students. Every school in Pennsylvania is currently required
to submit a " Health and Safety Plan " to the state in order to show
that they have thought through important things such as hygiene
practices, physical distancing, community resources, and cleaning
and ventilation protocols. In addition, schools have had to rethink
everything from testing to technology to contingency plans if there
were to be an emergency.
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With so many students learning from home for at least some of the
time last year, schools quickly devised ways to impart information
virtually. It wasn't perfect, but it was a way for students and teachers
to connect. Luckily, prior to the pandemic, many schools had already
been utilizing on-line educational platforms such as Schoology, and
students in many districts had been using devices such as chrome
books, allowing them to do schoolwork at home well before the
pandemic took hold.
With these technological advances and the precedent of students
spending a good portion of the past year and a half learning at
home, some have wondered if certain traditions such as " snow
days " will be preserved or will they become relics of the past. It
depends. Pennsylvania schools are required to have 180 days of
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